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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G02—OPTICS
  • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
  • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
  • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
  • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
  • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
  • G02B6/4202—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details for coupling an active element with fibres without intermediate optical elements, e.g. fibres with plane ends, fibres with shaped ends, bundles
  • G02B6/4203—Optical features
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G02—OPTICS
  • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
  • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
  • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
  • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
  • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
  • G02B6/4204—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms
  • G02B6/4206—Optical features

Definitions

• the present invention relates to optical coupling between a light emitting source used for optical communication and an optical fiber. Background technology
• a laser diode As a light source for optical communication, use a laser diode (hereinafter referred to as a laser diode).
• an optical fiber end emits light. In general, they are aligned and bonded to a surface.
• the angle of emergence of light from the light-emitting surface is so large that the coupling efficiency with the optical fiber is not good.
• FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (d) Various combinations such as those shown in FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (d) have been considered in order to obtain optical coupling between LD and optical fins.
• the light emitted from the LD is not a circular Gaussian distribution, but rather an elliptical beam that differs greatly in the vertical and horizontal directions.
• Figure 6 shows the spread angle of the exit beam of the LD.
• the near-end light distribution NFP is horizontally elongated in the X-axis direction.
• For the far-end light distribution NFP an elliptical light beam spread in the Y-axis direction, and high coupling efficiency could not be obtained.
• the coupling method shown in FIG. 5 (a) was devised earlier, and the coupling was achieved by disposing the cylindrical lens 21 between the LD 1 and the optical fin 20. This is an example of trying to increase efficiency.
• the coupling methods shown in Figs. 5 (c) and 5 (d) use an aspherical lens 22 that takes into account the aberrations of light while ignoring the ellipticity. This is the case where two lenses 23 and 24 are arranged at the confocal position in order to make the transition at least moderate.
• the lens has the advantage of being able to realize a power connection that is more expensive than the fin type, as much as possible.
• the lens and the fin are separated, making it difficult to align the optical axis by that amount.
• the spectral loss occurs.
• the large number of parts makes the cost of the entire system expensive.
• the axis alignment can be removed in a very narrow range. It is no longer possible, and there is a limit in principle.
• the present invention provides a method for combining a special individual lens with a simple configuration, efficiently capturing a flat light beam, and providing a light beam between the LD and the fiber.
• the objective is to provide a fin with a lens that improves the optical coupling efficiency.
• the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and the fins with a lens according to the present invention provide a light source opposed to a light source or emitted light.
• a semi-cylindrical lens was formed with a desired curvature at the tip by forming slant sections on both sides of the center line with respect to the core center at the end of the fin.
• Ah Ru was c or so also, in the semi-yen Dogata direction of the semi-cylindrical-les-down's end of that, those by the semi-circle tube radius to grant re-large-out, such curvature, different Do that each other physician of curvature at the tip It forms a curved surface that is orthogonal to.
• the lens-equipped fin of the present invention is configured as described above, the fin-lens is provided and the joining method is simple. In addition, since flat rays can be captured, high results are obtained. It is possible to obtain the total efficiency.
• FIG. 1 is a three-sided view showing the shape of a fiber with a lens in a front cylinder showing an embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 2 is a three-sided view showing the shape of a fiber with an elliptical lens according to another embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a method of manufacturing a fiber with a lens according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the formation of a flat beam waste.
• FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a conventional optical coupling method between an LD and a fiber.
• Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating the spread angle of the exit beam of the LD.
• FIG. 1 is a three-sided view showing a shape of a fiber with a lens of a pointed cylinder showing an embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 2 is a three-sided view showing the shape of a fiber with an elliptical lens according to another embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a method of manufacturing a fiber with a lens according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating the formation of a flat beam paste.
• the fins with a lens according to the present invention are polished from one side of the fins and polished to the center of the fins as shown in FIG. By rotating 180 ° and grinding from the opposite direction, a wedge-shaped fin is formed and the tip has the desired curvature, so that appropriate grinding can be performed. .
• Figures 1 and 2 show examples of the shape.
• Figure 1 shows a semi-cylindrical lens, which is suitable for flattened LD.
• Fig. 2 shows a shape that gives a curvature also in the orthogonal direction, and has the effect of condensing rays that have a wide force i 'in the Y-axis direction in Fig. 4.
• ⁇ ⁇ force i is obtained.
• R 10 ⁇ m
• ⁇ ⁇ 1.32 ⁇ ⁇ .
• Optimal curvature if reverse to ⁇ ⁇ is long as the minute Tsu R GaMotomu or Ru.
• Equation 6 A 2 + ⁇
• ⁇ ⁇ is a force that has no lens effect.
• ⁇ ⁇ is a high-power semiconductor laser smaller than ⁇ X
• ( ⁇ ⁇ / ⁇ ⁇ ) about 1/3 to 5th flattened radiation window
• a suitable fiber lens can be formed, and high coupling efficiency can be obtained.
• an optical fin is fixed and polished up to the center of the refino with a polishing plate inclined at 25 ° to the optical axis.
• the fixed fin is rotated up and down by 180 °, and similarly polished by a polishing plate inclined at 25 ° to the optical axis to form a wedge shape.

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